Please help end the horrific treatment of dogs by sending protest
emails to organizations that support the Iditarod. Six dogs died in the
2009 race, including two dogs on Dr. Lou Packer's team who froze to
death in the brutally cold winds. What happens to the dogs during the
Iditarod includes death, paralysis, frostbite (where it hurts the
most!), bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, pneumonia,
ruptured discs, viral diseases, broken bones, torn muscles and tendons
and sprains.

During training runs, Iditarod dogs have been killed by moose,
snowmachines, and various motor vehicles, including a semi tractor and
an ATV. They have died from drowning, heart attacks and being strangled
in harnesses. Dogs have also been injured while training. They have been
gashed, quilled by porcupines, bitten in dog fights, and had broken
bones, and torn muscles and tendons. Most dog deaths and injuries during
training aren't even reported.

Dog beatings and whippings are common. During the 2007 Iditarod,
eyewitnesses reported that musher Ramy Brooks kicked, punched and beat
his dogs with a ski pole and a chain. Jim Welch says in his book Speed
Mushing Manual, "A training device such as a whip is not cruel at all
but is effective." He also said, "It is a common training device in use
among dog mushers..."

Iditarod dog kennels are puppy mills. Mushers breed large numbers of
dogs and routinely kill unwanted ones, including puppies. Many dogs who
are permanently disabled in the Iditarod, or who are unwanted for any
reason, are killed with a shot to the head, dragged, drowned or clubbed
to death.

Most Internet service providers allow people to send up to 40 email
addresses at a time. For your convenience, the addresses have been
divided into groups of 40. Please email the first group first.
Individual email addresses are given under the sample letter. The groups
contain addresses for the 2010 Iditarod sponsors, promoters, and musher
sponsors. Email blocks with semicolons and commas are on http://www.helpsleddogs.org/sponsors.htm.

People and organizations
who support the lditarod may deny it or give misleading statements about
their involvement. The Sled Dog Action Coalition has documentation to
prove what it says and will provide it upon request.

For the dogs, the Iditarod dog sled race is a bottomless pit of
suffering. Please end your organization's support of this event. Six
dogs died in the 2009 Iditarod, including two dogs on Dr. Lou Packer's
team who froze to death in the brutally cold winds. What happens to the
dogs during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, frostbite (where it
hurts the most!), bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage,
pneumonia, ruptured discs, viral diseases, broken bones, torn muscles
and tendons and sprains. For more facts, visit the Sled Dog Action
Coalition website,
http://www.helpsleddogs.org.

During training runs, Iditarod dogs have been killed by moose,
snowmachines, and various motor vehicles, including a semi tractor and
an ATV. They have died from drowning, heart attacks and being strangled
in harnesses. Dogs have also been injured while training. They have been
gashed, quilled by porcupines, bitten in dog fights, and had broken
bones, and torn muscles and tendons. Most dog deaths and injuries during
training aren't even reported.

Dog beatings and whippings are common. During the 2007 Iditarod,
eyewitnesses reported that musher Ramy Brooks kicked, punched and beat
his dogs with a ski pole and a chain. Jim Welch says in his book Speed
Mushing Manual, "Nagging a dog team is cruel and ineffective...A
training device such as a whip is not cruel at all but is effective." He
also said, "It is a common training device in use among dog mushers..."

Iditarod dog kennels are puppy mills. Mushers breed large numbers of
dogs and routinely kill unwanted ones, including puppies. Many dogs who
are permanently disabled in the Iditarod, or who are unwanted for any
reason, including those who have outlived their usefulness, are killed
with a shot to the head, dragged, drowned or clubbed to death. "Dogs are
clubbed with baseball bats and if they don't pull are dragged to death
in harnesses....." wrote former Iditarod dog handler Mike Cranford in an
article for Alaska's Bush Blade Newspaper.

Jon Saraceno wrote in his March 3, 2000 column in USA Today, "He
[Colonel Tom Classen] confirmed dog beatings and far worse. Like
starving dogs to maintain their most advantageous racing weight.
Skinning them to make mittens. Or dragging them to their death."

During the race, veterinarians do not give the dogs physical exams at
every checkpoint. Mushers speed through many checkpoints, so the dogs
get the briefest visual checks, if that. Instead of pulling sick dogs
from the race, veterinarians frequently give them massive doses of
antibiotics to keep them running.

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